WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO MAKE THEM CARE?
The last tree in what used to be the rainforest falls -Dorothy A Hillis
The desiccated body of the last platypus on the dry bed of the last stream
Queues line up at the council’s tanker with jugs and IDs for drinking water only issue.
The smell of sweaty unwashed bodies pervades the shopping centre and suburbs
Greyhounds and drag cars race on the bed of the Clarence from bridge to bridge
Dust stops play at cricket / football fields
Dead parched Jacarandas line the streets of Grafton
The last Jacaranda queen enters a retirement home.
The last flotilla of dugout canoes leaves the sunken Pacific islands for the shores of Oz.
Ulmarra and Tucabia are beachside suburbs
Mushroom clouds over Canberra as the last politician resigns
The DEx runs articles on high incidence of two-headed cows, sheep, horses and babies.
Water ration axed for over 70s (saves pensions)
Who cares?
